I was almost blown up by an IRA bomb in London in the early 70s. I have no sympathy for terrorism...but equally if you look at how Northern Ireland was in those days you can understand why some people took it up. The most important thing about McGuinness was that in the end, he took a risk for peace...

I'd be interested to hear what you think of the bike once you've formed an opinion of it. Especially vs the BMW 800 and Tenere. My biggest problem is that it's the kind of bike that you feel you have wasted its time if you ride it less than 100 miles. Jumping on it to go to the post office or whatev...

Sorry about your loss...

PaulinBont wrote:BSH: no need to look beyond the front cover (thumbs)

Joke bikes and weirdos, as we used to call it!

The plate comes in two parts. There's the main part incorporating the storage compartment which forms the nose and most of the base of the complete assembly, and a plate which attaches to the back, which is a shallow U-section and takes the two horizontal bolts at the rear which allow the plate to p...

That's the same as the GiT one that I've got. It's a mixed bag, TBH. Here's the negative: Anything you can squeeze into the front compartment will get wet and soaked in short order. The bolts joining the front and rear parts together will mash into the crankcase if the bashplate is smashed (I glued ...

Common.sence would say just phone another genuine audi dealer and ask what the service interval is for the car?....then ask another ...then tell the first what the others said lol...my wifes ford foucs is 125000 ml intervals and her car is 2013 redg ...done 90k now .. Whatever you do: don't exceed ...

http://advrider.com/index.php?threads/950-adventure-cracked-case-at-the-sidestand-mount.659277/ It happens. It may not have happened to you yet. It may never happen to you. But I know if it happened to me, I'd be heartbroken at having wrecked the engine for the sake of something that costs less then...

garyboy wrote:nothing mentioned about costs, loss of earnings, pain and suffering?

I suspect that any claim will be made against her motor insurers...in which case we'll all end up paying.

Or if she's not insured, against MIB...in which case we all end up paying.

On the Black Dog one, the plate extends back to the outside of the centre-stand pivot bolt.

The left-hand pivot bolt passes through it, if that makes sense?